Hose-coupling washer.



A. WHIPPLE. HOSE GOUPLING WASHER. APPLIOATION FILED AUG.15, 1910. RENBWBD 001.28, 1911.

1,019,572., i Patented M3115, 1912.

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AnDEN 'WIIIIPLn or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AssIGNoIt or FoItTY-NINE ONE-HUN- DREDTHS To cHAnLns L. BLoDeETr, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

specification of Letter; Patent.

- Patented Mar. 5,1912.

Application iiled August 15, 1910, Serial No. 577,186. Renewed October 28, 1911. Serial No. 657,537.

To all whom it may concern. ,v

Be it known that I, ARDEN WHIPPLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose- Coupling Washers, of which the following is a specification. 4

This invention relates to hose couplings and the main object of the same is to produce a means which will hold the washer within the socket and prevent the same from coming out and being lost. It very often 4happens that when drawing the hose across the lawn either before or after using the same that the washer drops out and gets lost. This invention is to prevent this from happening.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure l isa perspective v iew showing the washer about to be applied to the hose coupling. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the washer and showing the bar which keeps vthe washer in place. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough 'the .end

of a vhose and coupling and showing how the washer is retained in place.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a portion of the hose in the end of which the shank 2 of the coupling is inserted and is secured into place by means of the wire binding 3. The threaded socket piece 4 is loosely mounted upon the outer end of the shank 2. This portion is the same as ordinarily used in a garden hose.

The washer 5 is of the ordinary construction and is preferably formed of rubber. A wire bar 6 is inserted through openings in the washer and extends across .the central opening as` clearly shown in Flg. 2. By means of having the bar extend across the central opening the washer can be easily held while being inserted within the socket piece as shown 1n Fig. 1. After the washer has been inserted within' the socket piece the thumb is placed against the central portion of the -bar 6 and the washer is pushed to the bottom of the socket. As the bar is made of flexible wire it can easily ride over the threads of the socket piece, but after it has reached the bottom of the socket and the thumb removed the wire straightens again and fits into the threads as clearly shown in Fig. 3. By this means the washer is securely held in placefand lcannot come out. When it is desired to remove the washer the 'linger can be inserted into the socket piece and around the bar. The washer may then be easily withdrawn.

If desired the bar 6 can be made of a strip of rigid wire and when this is used the washer is] inserted into the socket by placing the ends which extend to either side `of.

the Washer into the threads and then turn vided with alined openings, and a straight bar of resilient metal passing through said openlngs' and extending beyond the outer edges of said body portion.

f3. A resilient gasket comprising a body portion having a central open space and also provided with diametrically disposed alined openings, and a straight bar of resilient meta-l extending through said openings and projecting beyond the outer edges of said body portion, the intermediate portion of said bar serving as a finger hold, and the ends of said bar adapted to engage the threads ofa socket piece to hold said gasket in place.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.ARDEN WHIPPLE.

Witnesses: HoMER APRAHAMIAN,

F. P. SGHROEDER. 

